<strong>New and little-known gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from the northern Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea</strong>

JÖRUNDUR SVAVARSSON; NIEL L. BRUCE

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3380.1.1

Issue: Vol. 3380 No. 1: 5 Jul. 2012

Type: Articles

Published: 2012-07-05

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3380.1.1

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New and little-known gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from the northern Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea

JÖRUNDUR SVAVARSSON⁺⁻
NIEL L. BRUCE⁺⁻

Institute of Biology, University of Iceland, Aragata 9, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland and University of Iceland's Research Centre at Suðurnes, 245 Sandgerði, Iceland

Museum of Tropical Queensland and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University; Queensland Museum, 70–102 Flinders Street, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia; Senior Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Crustacea Coral reefs Great Barrier Reef Coral Sea Isopoda Gnathiidae taxonomy

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Abstract

Ten species of Gnathiidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoida) including six new species, are reported from Lizard Islandand nearby reefs, northern Great Barrier Reef and reefs of the Coral Sea (Chesterfield Reefs, Mellish Reef and MarionReef): Gnathia wistari sp. nov. (Lizard Island region and Capricorn Group, southern Great Barrier Reef), Gnathia coral-maris sp. nov. (Mellish Reef), Gnathia varanus sp. nov. (Lizard Island group), Gnathia marionis sp. nov. (Marion Reef),Gnathia hamletgast sp. nov. (Chesterfield Reefs) and Elaphognathia australis sp. nov. (Chesterfield Reefs). New locali-ties are reported for four other species: Gnathia aureamaculosa Ferreira and Smit, 2009 and Gnathia masca Farquharsonand Smit, 2012 from Lizard Island and nearby reefs; Gnathia falcipenis Holdich and Harrison, 1980 and Gnathia variobranchia Holdich and Harrison, 1980 from Lizard Island, Wistari Reef, Heron Island and Chesterfields Reefs.

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